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Jets’ OT loss to Buffalo a boost for Dolfans

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Every Dolfan must have enjoyed the sight of Rex Ryan dropping his head in defeat Sunday night.

In a five-hour game that may have exposed the New York Jets as an ordinary team that had an extraordinary start to the season, Buffalo’s Rian Lindell hit a 47-yard field goal in overtime to give the Bills an improbable 16-13 victory.

Sad Rex Ryan means happy Dolfans. (AP)

The Jets led 13-3 at the half and seemed to be cruising to their fourth win in six games. Instead, rookie QB Mark Sanchez’s five interceptions repeatedly short-circuited their offense. Sanchez, playing his first game in the cold and windy conditions he’s likely to face at the Meadowlands several more times this season, finished 10-for-29 for 199 yards and an 8.3 passer rating.

Buffalo lost QB Trent Edwards to a concussion after he had completed his first five passes. CBS analyst Dan Fouts opined that linebacker Calvin Pace should have gotten a penalty on the play for twisting Edwards’ head and bending him backwards after the play was over.

The Bills tied it with 2:30 left in the third quarter when backup QB Ryan Fitzpatrick hit Lee Evans on a seam route and he raced 37 yards to a score.

The news wasn’t all good for Miami as New England steamrolled winless Tennessee 59-0 in the snow at Foxboro. That put the Patriots atop the AFC East at 4-2, followed by the Jets (3-3), Miami (2-3) and Buffalo (2-4).

Fouts asked repeatedly deep into the Bills-Jets OT period, “Does anyone want to win this game?” One had to wonder.

Both teams were hard hit by injuries that could have an affect down the road, particularly in the Miami-NY game in two weeks. NT Kris Jenkins left with a knee injury and tackle Damien Woody went out with an ankle problem. Buffalo’s long injury list got longer with CB Terrence McGee, RB Fred Jackson, S Donte Whitner all leaving with assorted ailments.